Robin Thicke Trashes ABC’s ‘Duets’: ‘Only Did It for the Cash’

*Robin Thicke is now slamming the ABC talent show “Duets,” the series that employed him last year as a judge, insisting now that he mainly did it for the money and the chance to have America see him sing live each week.

The show, which teamed contestants up with Thicke and his fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Jennifer Nettles for weekly singing battles, was canceled after its first season.

The crooner tells Britain’s Metro, “I didn’t care for it. Everyone was wonderful and it was a great environment but I found it soulless and felt it was sucking my artistic integrity from me.

“Judges Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and I sang with the contestants on each episode, which is why it was attractive to me – it gave me the opportunity to sing in front of millions of people on TV every week. I did it because it paid well – I’m hoping I’ll be rich enough off this album so I won’t have to do that again.”

Thicke is referring to his upcoming album “Blurred Lines.” The title track, released in March from Interscope/Universal and featuring TI and Pharrell Williams, became the U.K.’s fastest-selling single of 2013, with opening sales of 190,000. The track broke its own record in the second week by selling close to 199,000, reports the UK-based Official Charts Company.

7 thoughts on “Robin Thicke Trashes ABC’s ‘Duets’: ‘Only Did It for the Cash’”

Okay it was just a job that Robin did and got paid for. I imagine he feels he was doing America a big favor by allowing viewers to see him sing live weekly. Nothing wrong with him seeking additional exposure. It’s no secret that blue eyed soul singers like him come and go. No real longevity. An R&B, Soul Singer, LOL watered down version. Definitely not a Luther Vandross or a Michael McDonald, and will never be. In recent years heard this clown (Robin) singing live on stage @ Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys, Nokia Theatre, LA. The Falsetto was zero. Not good missing. He’s better at hitting high notes in studio.

So my 2 cents is that Duets worked well for Mr. Thicke as I had no idea who he was at all before then. I knew Kelly and Jennifer very well and also John from their music. But Robin, no clue. We called him the guy with the funky hair. You got to know him a bit over the season so we know know his name and some of his music. In summary his marketing guy earned his money and promoted Mr. Thicke pretty well so he isn’t solely known now as the guy with the funky hair.

Mr. Thick is a a**. To do this for exposure, where was his talent that he needed to come to a show to show case the talent he seem to think he had. I never heard his name before this show. Mr Thicke is a want to be in the R&B world he needs to check himself.

I didn’t know Robin Thicke had any “artistic integrity.” He was clearly the weak link out of the four judges/artists. While he most definitely has every right to be candid, it’s a shame he didn’t do the show to give back a little and help would-be newcomers who are trying to make it in a tough business, especially considering the opportunities he’s been given even with not having the strongest talent himself.

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